2013 Audi Cup

The 2013 Audi Cup was the third edition of the Audi Cup, a two-day association football tournament that featured four teams, and was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition hosted the 2009 Audi Cup winners Bayern Munich, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champions São Paulo, the 2011–12 Premier League champions Manchester City and perennial Serie A contenders Milan.[2] The English and Brazilian clubs made their first appearances in the competition, while Bayern, as hosts, and Milan have been present in every Audi Cup so far. The winners of the tournament were Bayern Munich, who beat Manchester City 2–1 in the final. Milan defeated São Paulo 1–0 in the third place play-off.

2013 Audi Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates31 July – 1 August[1]
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-up Manchester City
Third place Milan
Fourth place São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored14 (3.5 per match)
Attendance194,500 (48,625 per match)
Top scorer(s) Edin Džeko
Stephan El Shaarawy
Mario Mandžukić
(2 goals each)

Prior to the semi-final match between Bayern Munich and São Paulo, as the Bayern goalkeepers were warming up, advertising billboards located around the field were showing fan messages published via their Twitter profiles using the hashtag #HelloAudiCup. One of the displayed messages stated, "Ei, Douglas, vai tomar no cu" ("Hey, Douglas, go fuck yourself!").[3] It was sent by @DarkFabuloso, a fake profile that satirizes São Paulo player Luís Fabiano, and was inadvertently approved by the staff responsible for selecting and displaying the messages.[3]

Participating teams

Competition format

The competition took the format of the latter stages of a regular knock-out competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day competed against each other for the Audi Cup, whilst the two losing sides playing in a third-place match. The trophy was contested over two days, each day seeing two matches played back-to-back. The official matchups were announced on 19 June 2013.[4]

 
Semi-finals
31 July		Final
1 August
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Manchester City 5
 
 
 
 Milan 3
 
 Manchester City 1
 
 
 
 Bayern Munich 2
 
 Bayern Munich 2
 
 
 São Paulo 0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Milan 1
 
 
 São Paulo 0

Matches

All times are local (CEST; UTC+02:00).

Semi-finals
Manchester City 5–3 Milan
Silva  3'
Richards  19'
Kolarov  22'
Džeko  32', 36'		 Report El Shaarawy  37', 39'
Petagna  43'
Attendance: 35,000
Bayern Munich 2–0 São Paulo
Mandžukić  55'
Weiser  86'		 Report
Attendance: 56,500[5]

Third place play-off
Milan 1–0 São Paulo
K. Boateng  52' Report
Attendance: 35,000

Final
Manchester City 1–2 Bayern Munich
Negredo  61' Report Müller  66' (pen.)
Mandžukić  72'
Attendance: 68,000[6]

Goalscorers
2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "City to 'meet the best' at Munich's Audi Cup 2013". mcfc.co.uk. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "Meet the best. Audi Cup 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. "Placa de estádio em Munique exibe ofensa de torcedor a são-paulino Douglas". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Grupo Folha. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. "Audi-Cup: Bayern trifft auf den FC Sao Paolo". kicker.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. FC Bayern erreicht das Audi-Cup-Finale
  6. Audi-Cup-Sieg! Müller & Mandzukic treffen
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